February 16, 2024 - On February 13, 2024, eGenesis, a United States-based biotechnology company, and PorMedTec, a Japanese porcine embryology organization, announced positive results of their collaboration, which produced the first successful genetically engineered porcine donors for xenotransplantation. “Production of our first donors outside the United States...

February 15, 2024 - On Monday, February 12, 2024, First Street Foundation, a nonprofit focused on quantifying and relaying the risks of climate change globally, released a report outlining the impacts of climate change on air quality. The report revealed that, despite efforts to improve air quality, climate change has reversed many of these improvements. According to...

February 13, 2024 - Echoing claims from multiple other studies that emphasize the health benefits of a plant-based diet, a prospective cohort study published in Cancer revealed that prostate cancer survivors who eat predominantly plant-based have improved quality-of-life outcomes, including better scores for sexual function, urinary irritation and obstruction, urinary...

February 8, 2024 - On Friday, February 1, 2024, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison) revealed they had developed the first 3D-printed functional human brain tissue. Unlike previous attempts to print functional brain tissue, the researchers altered their printing techniques to create a tool that accurately models neural...